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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Why I’m so hacked off with journalists
Following on from my previous post – and elaborating upon the research described on my About page – what follows is a summary of why non-scientific journalists are now a threat to the long-term survival of human beings (in anything … Continue reading
High profile scientist resigns over climate change
This kind of headline is appearing in the news with alarming frequency these days. I say “alarming” because I think it should trigger an alarm: This is not news. This is propaganda. It is the equivalent of war-time misinformation designed … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Consumerism, Economics, Environment, Growthmania, Limits to Growth, Merchants of Doubt, Money Fetishism, Optimum Population, Scepticism
Tagged American Physical Society, Atlas Network, Earth Overshoot Day, Institute of Economic Affairs, John Blundell, Peter Jacques
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MMR and MRSA – health scares and bowel movements
My children are of such an age that they were due to get the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in 1998 (just when Andrew Wakefield first got his research published). I am very glad we ignored the fuss and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Maketplace of Ideas, Populism, Pseudo science, Scepticism
Tagged Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, Health Scares, relativism
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Can modernisation be “ecological”? – Part 3
This is the third and final part of my mini-critique of the school of environmental thought known as Ecological Modernisation. The first two parts having been published on 24 September and 25 September respectively. ——————- Newsflash: Today is Earth Overshoot … Continue reading
Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Consumerism, Ecological Modernisation, Economics, Environment, Growthmania, Limits to Growth, Modernity, Money Fetishism, Optimum Population, Philosophy, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Earth Overshoot Day, Garrett Hardin, Herman Daly, Jeremy Bentham, mortality, William Ophuls
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Computer models – can we trust them?
I have decided to break into my mini-critique of the school of environmental thought known as Ecological Modernisation (i.e. seeking solve the potential problem of perpetual growth on a finite Planet!) to address the above question. This is because, at … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Computer Models, Economics, Environment, IPCC, Limits to Growth, Merchants of Doubt, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Clive Hamilton, IPCC, Requiem for a Species
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Can modernisation be “ecological”? – Part 2
What is the problem with Modernity? The problem is that the accumulation of personal wealth has become the sole objective of many people in modern society; and perpetual growth is posited as a means whereby even the poorest might achieve … Continue reading
Can modernisation be “ecological”? – Part 1
This is the first of a series of posts based on an essay with this title that I wrote earlier this year as part of the requirements for my MA in Environmental Politics. Introduction There are two possible ways of … Continue reading
Most scientists don’t believe AGW is happening (?)
Nope, sorry, I don’t accept the validity of this statement. There may be protestors within various Institutions; and lists of people who dispute the consensus view on Wikipedia; and lists of unscientific people that do not; but… Wikipedia also contains … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Hockey Stick Illusion, IPCC, Maketplace of Ideas, Merchants of Doubt, Scepticism
Tagged American Physical Society, Andrew Montford, Christopher Monckton, Fred Singer, George Monbiot, Institute of Economic Affairs, Institute of Physics, IPCC, Lord Lawson, SPPI
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Lord Monckton – AGW non-expert (par excellence)
Or is he a non-AGW expert; or maybe even a non-AGW non-expert? I am not sure. One or two things I am fairly certain about though, since he is a Classics graduate of Churchill College Cambridge; and a former newspaper … Continue reading
What are the roots of this financial crisis?
As Europe lurches from one day of crisis to another, it is common to hear people ask “Where will it all end?” However, I think it is more important to ask “How did it all start?” With regard to the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Consumerism, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Limits to Growth, Scepticism
Tagged Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, Euro Zone crisis, life
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Anthropocene Reality 